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Enculturation and learning in music :

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Enculturation and learning in music :

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Mok, Annie On Nei

the attitudes, values and beliefs of four Hong Kong socio-musical groups

Institute of Education, University of London

2010

Ph.D.

Institute of Education, University of London

2010

This qualitative study focuses on four socio-musical groups in Hong Kong, in order toinvestigate the groups' enculturation experience, learning-practices, and their attitudes,values and beliefs concerning music and music-making. The informants consistedof two diasporic groups: a) middle-aged Filipino maids and b) elderly male Chinesexianshi musicians; and two indigenous Hong Kong groups: c) young male popularmusicians and d) mainly middle-aged female secondary school music teachers.Situated within the sociology of music education using interviews andnon-participant observations, the data were analysed by an adaptation of the idea ofgrounded theory, in order to examine how musical enculturation, informal,non-formal and formal learning experiences or education may influence the attitudes,values and beliefs of the informants concerning music and music-making.The overall findings revealed that -the informal learners (the Filipinos, thexianshi musicians and the popular musicians) had a productive attitude towardsparticipation in music-making and regarded music as an important, or even essential,part of their lives. Some music teachers, who were formal learners, preferred toengage in a receptive way of participation in music-making by listening to music. Itwas found that, under the influence of formal approaches to instrumental learning,both the popular musicians and the music teachers were driven by achievementmotivation, whereas the Filipino and xianshi musicians explored highly personalmeanings and expressed their deep interest in music through their learning andmaking of music.The study concludes with reflections and suggestions that a more participatoryattitude towards music-making should be adopted, and suggests that informal ways oflearning should be acknowledged as an alternative approach to learning. It is alsosuggested that changes should be made to the present unsatisfactory situation thatexists in instrumental learning and the work environment of music teachers in HongKong.

Mok, Annie On Nei

Institute of Education, University of London

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